Synchronous onset of multiple cutaneous neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinomas localized to the scalp

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 685-691

  Satter, Elizabeth K ^a   DeRienzo, Damian P ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PUNCH BIOPSY; SCALP TUMOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; WHOLE BODY PET;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 44949252141     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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